Thing is that this is always changing & you just end up with an elite cliche, same with PR where the list is pre-picked. It’s perfect for cronyism & corruption.
Anyone of us here could stand as an MP & if we gathered enough support win. Many independents have done just that.
The issue is that as a society we have got lazy - we don’t like making decisions for ourselves & like to be told who to decide for. Parties make it a lot easier & means you don’t have to look too closely at the individual.
My suggestion on the way round it? Remove party affiliations from the ballot paper.
You can still be sponsored & represent a party & the information should be publicly highlighted but on the ballot paper itself no parties should be listed. The voter then needs to know at least who is the party rep they are voting for, not just red blue or green.
He’s playing the long game. A stint as PM will increase his stock long term - irrespective of what the public think of him, there are people out there who continue to workship him!
All of us put rules in place for others to follow like our children for instance and we follow them to the letter? I don’t think so, and just because you are the PM or whoever, makes no difference.
We have rules placed on us by HQAC and do we all follow them chapter and verse?
At work rules are in place and do we follow them all to the letter?
The difference in this instance is that unless we are very unlucky no one is bothered. Also in this instance no one cares about anyone else in the leaked photos etc except the PM. Every one of those should have said no, because the rules say we can’t, but they didn’t, so equally guilty and should be sacked.
Of course not, but whoever vindictively leaked the photos, emails etc relating to the ‘parties’ kick started the process and given others (or maybe the same person) the impetus to drip feed/leak other things.
They should be going after this person/people for leaking private photos, emails etc.
And what about promoting someone he knew had sexually harassed staff at the FCO to be whip, a role where he had phenomenal power?
And more importantly are you happy with a Prime Minister who lies and gaslights constantly to Parliament and the British public? If he’d done a mea culpa straight away then neither of these issues would have led to serious calls for resignation. That’s the bigger issue, the fact that no one can trust him.
A complete lack of integrity is a massive problem in a system with an unwritten Constitution which is entirely predicated on the notion that the ministers for the crown will act with integrity.
I was never a fan of a written constitution, until these crooks got in and proved that if you don’t care about the rules, you can do what you like.
Do your rules and decisions affect the country? No. Would they affect your children? Yes/Probably. In the big world, regardless of what the rules are, they were put in place for a reason. If you choose to ignore those rules and something happens, then that’s going to be a bad day for you.
We went from “there were no parties”, to “there were gatherings, but no rules were broken”, to “there were parties, but I wasn’t there” to “actually I was totally there drink in hand”.
More recently we went from “I didn’t know he was a groper”, to “yeah actually I did know”.
It’s not just personal integrity to tell the truth to the public, it’s lining up your own ministers to look like complicit clowns and take the flak for you by lying to them.
In the middle of all that there was the guy being investigated trotting out for interviews saying “I hope they get the guy”.
This morning I got an email from my professional body telling me that they were reviewing the delegation of regulatory functions to our regulator.
An hour later we get an email from our regulator saying “don’t worry they can’t do it unilaterally, they think they can just change the Royal Charter without any consultation but we won’t let them.”
It’s nice to see other organisations can’t organise the proverbial in a brewery.
Could be in for some fun politicking over the next few months. Time to buy a load of popcorn.
